The Coaching Habit

CNLP 814 | Networking Without the Awkward: Michael Bungay Stanier on Better 1:1s and Building a Path No One Else Is Walking

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast, 30 June 2026. The author is the guest. The book comes up at 1 min 37 sec in.

Michael Bungay Stanier, the author, discusses the 10th anniversary edition extensively. He recounts Workman rejecting it through six or seven drafts before he self-published it professionally for $30–40k, how it grew to roughly 1.5 million copies through word of mouth, and walks through its core premise of staying curious and asking questions rather than dispensing advice. He also describes targeting parents of teenagers as a new audience for the anniversary edition.

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